All decisions
43 Board decisions about Language Access Ordinance, in date order. Each links to its printed page.
- Supervisor Chiu proposed renaming the Equal Access Ordinance as a Language Access Ordinance; it was sent to the Rules Committee under the 30-day rule.
- Rules Committee recommended renaming the Equal Access Ordinance to Language Access Ordinance and expanding language service rules for city departments.
- Proposed Language Access Ordinance would expand translation and language services across city departments; it remains before the Rules Committee.
- City boards would have to translate their meeting minutes
- Board passed an ordinance renaming the Equal Access Ordinance to the Language Access Ordinance and expanding city language services requirements.
- Hearing on how city serves non-English speakers sent to committee.
- Resolution proposed endorsing the 2011 Language Access Ordinance compliance report; sent to committee.
- Hearing on city language-help rules proposed.
- Supervisor Tang proposed expanding the Language Access Ordinance to all city departments serving the public; sent to Rules Committee.
- Ordinance to expand the Language Access Ordinance to all City departments serving the public was passed on first reading as amended.
- Language Access Ordinance expanded to all City departments serving the public, with revised complaint procedures, finally passed.
- Public comment supported changes to the Language Access Ordinance
- Public comment supported changes to the Language Access Ordinance
- Public comment supported changes to the Language Access Ordinance
- Public comment supported changes to the Language Access Ordinance
- Changes proposed to the city's language access rules
- Public comment supported changes to the Language Access Ordinance
- Public comment supported changes to the Language Access Ordinance
- Public comment supported changes to the Language Access Ordinance
- Departments' duties for language access to be clarified
- Public comment supported changes to the Language Access Ordinance
- Language services required in Chinese, Spanish and Filipino
- Public comment supported changes to the Language Access Ordinance
- Public comment supported changes to the Language Access Ordinance
- Public comment supported changes to the Language Access Ordinance
- Public comment supported changes to the Language Access Ordinance
- Public comment supported changes to the Language Access Ordinance
- Public comment supported changes to the Language Access Ordinance
- Language access changes sent to committee
- Public comment supported changes to the Language Access Ordinance
- Public comment supported changes to the Language Access Ordinance
- Public comment supported changes to the Language Access Ordinance
- Departments' language access duties to be clarified, proposed
- Language access ordinance put forward by Walton and others
- Wider language access services passed on first reading
- Language access rules to be amended, proposed
- Language access proposed in Chinese, Spanish and Filipino
- Language access ordinance put forward by Walton and other sponsors
- Language access rules in the Administrative Code to be amended
- Departments to tell the public how to complain about translations
- Language services to be required in Chinese, Spanish and Filipino
- Language access law approved for city services
- Departments' language access duties to be spelled out more clearly